Akrapovič
 
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| Public limited company | |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Igor Akrapovič |
| Headquarters | Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia |
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Key people
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Igor Akrapovič |
| Products | Car and Motorcycle exhausts |
| Revenue | €71million (2014) |
| €6 million (2014) | |
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Number of employees
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450 |
| Website | www |
Akrapovič (Slovene pronunciation: [aˈkrapovitʃ]) is a Slovenian manufacturer of exhaust systems primarily for motorcycles, but more recently also for automobiles. A global exhaust supplier in motorcycle sport, Akrapovič exhausts are used on motorcycles in Moto GP,superbike,supersport, supermoto, , enduro and rally raid. As of May 2010[update], Akrapovič systems have been used in a total of 38 world championships all across motorsport.
Akrapovič was established in 1990 as "Skorpion in Scorpion" by Slovenian racer Igor Akrapovič who had found that during his racing career there was a distinct lack of high-quality exhaust systems on the market to the public. He believed that the pipe walls were either excessively thick or that the technically superior exhaust systems were too expensive and difficult for the average customer to obtain. He designed his own exhaust system, which was sufficient to his requirements, based on the experience gained in the field of motorcycle tuning. Steel was replaced with materials such as carbon fibre and titanium.
In 1993, Kawasaki in Germany tested the exhaust systems and in 1994, Akrapovič exhausts were first used in international competition, in the ESBK and WSBK. The company soon attracted numerous teams in the Pro Superbike championship, not only Kawasaki, but Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati and Honda etc.
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